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The Mixtape - 29 September 2007I just don't know how I cram so much music in 2 hours ... Along with some new songs from British bands including The Hot Puppies, Soft Hearted Scientists, British Sea Power and the Dead 60s, we had a bit of a Scandinavian thing going tonight too: Monomen - a band from Sörumsand, Norway who do the new wave/electronica thing just a little bit better than some of the posers who do it from round these parts. Extra points as their myspace address includes a homage to the classic analog synth, the Roland TR-707. múm - with a small m, not a big M - and pronounced "moom", or if you believe their Myspace, "miooyyuujm". I've been plucking up courage to play them for weeks, because they are not very radio-friendly in an unbelievably twee kind of way. However I'm full of Red Bull (again) so I decided to go for it today. Fast Computers - this is cheating really as they come from Oregon, but how can you resist a song called "Sweden Hasn't Changed, You Have"? Even if they are part of the most annoyingly-named music genre ever*, "math rock"? I dug out a few albums from 1990 and played songs from the Inspiral Carpets' debut - Life; one from short-lived American power-pop combo Jellyfish; the one and only chart-botherer from They Might Be Giants and one from Led Zeppelin/reggae fusioneers Dread Zeppelin - all of which I played to death (ouch) 17 years ago! And finally, thanks to everyone tuning in not just on FM but on the internet, nice to know Phoenix FM is pretty popular in Shanghai these days! Here's today's random chatroom exchange: JJ: Cool British accent, which country are you from? Me: Britain. That one won it over Mrs Eddie Curry, who sent me a message to ask for my Nectar card number. Yes, while I was doing a show. And the playlist: Hot Puppies - King Of England Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby Asobi Seksu - Nefi And Girly Intern - Acidvice (Phoenix FM Creative Session) Scissors For Lefty - Ghetto Ways Soft Hearted Scientists - Eyes Monomen - Drum Of Glass We Start Fires - Play You Fast Computers - Sweden Hasn't Changed, You Have Inspiral Carpets - Directing Traffik Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed Dread Zeppelin - Heartbreaker (At The End Of Lonely Street) They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul Wojtek Godzisz - The Moon And The Yew Tree Kate Nash - Mouthwash Intern - Adore Me (Phoenix FM Creative Session) múm - A Little Bit, Sometimes Athlete - In The Library Blur - Badhead Minus The Bear - Ice Monster Intern - Love Me And Leave Me (Phoenix FM Creative Session) British Sea Power - Atom Fighting Cocks - The Little Goats' Big Night Out Dead 60s - Stand Up Mega City Four - Stop Mark Ronson faet Paul Smith - Apply Some Pressure * except for "soul", of course Article by Paul Golder, 29 Sep 2007 |
 
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